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STARBOARD GO
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STARBOARD GO
Length: 283 cm Width: 82.5 cm
Volume: 190 ltrs Weight: 24.5/11kg
Upwind: N/A Planing: N/A
Speed: N/A Handling: N/A
Jibe: N/A Overall: N/A
Price: $1,186 Includes: Straps, Pads, Fin
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Actually, at 190 liters and 83 cm wide, this is the board that should be named The Large. And believe it or not, nearly half of Starboard's international sales are from the Go and Formula 155. Like the Techno 283, it's been covered in these pages before. For 2000, the changes include red on the outside edges of the deck pad; it's not merely cosmetic, it's to make the centerline of the board easier to spot at a quick glance for more precise foot placement.
There are optional side fins for additional stability. But the big new thing is the optional wide and short fin ( GO 33). Designed by Jim Drake and foiled by Curtis, it solves the problem of the standard 57 cm fin hitting bottom in shallow water. Its low aspect ratio gives it more lateral resistance than a conventional fin, which, says Starboard, enables the board to stay upwind even when it's not planing. It's also easier to jibe. But it doesn't point as well as the long 57, and there's less lift in lighter wind.
Our Go was used exclusively by Stein Gabrielsen for teaching. He couldn't get enough of it; with its 190-liter volume and 83 cm width, sometimes he sailed on the board with them riding along on the deck. Because of the ease of sailing the Go, his students were happy from day one.
We are believers in the value and importance of the Go to windsurfing, and that the recreational world is a better place thanks to Svein Rasmussen, founder and owner of Starboard.
By the way, he says the Go can loop at Ho'okipa. Eyewitnesses who have seen it still can't believe it.
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